T'is true, t'is true. But then I wonder how it is that the Iftar buffets can be absolutely obnoxiously huge. There was an article in the paper which I found quite ironic (The Gulf Times, maybe a week or so ago). On one side it talks about the humanitarian efforts of (don't remember who) group, who are constructing Iftar meals to provide for those who don't have. Then, on the very next page there's an article about how the waste management department in Qatar have to provide extra container space for the leftovers from Iftar buffets. I thought to myself 'If Ramadan is supposed to be about thinking about your own consumption, and helping the poor, and trying to live a better life through self-reflection, not material things, then how is it that these buffets are being constructed which have a heap of wasted food?'
But, in thinking about the whole scenario, the same thing happens in the West around Christmas time. You see the column in the paper about families in need, and what they need, and such. Then you read about those who are providing turkey dinners to poorer families. Yet, just down the street, there was this huge expensive dinner which had leftovers which, according to food laws, had to be trashed.
Call me serious or nerdy, but things like this actually trouble me from time to time.
I figured out the best time to go out is between Iftar and 19.30 or so. You can get a parking space if you're driving, and you can get something to eat if you're eating out. Then you get out and go home early. Yesterday I saw 3 car mishaps and barely avoided one (young man in a SUV who decided he wanted to drive where I was presently located). Go out where you want to go, then if you want to go out more, go home and walk to City Centre.
*nods*
T'is true, t'is true. But then I wonder how it is that the Iftar buffets can be absolutely obnoxiously huge. There was an article in the paper which I found quite ironic (The Gulf Times, maybe a week or so ago). On one side it talks about the humanitarian efforts of (don't remember who) group, who are constructing Iftar meals to provide for those who don't have. Then, on the very next page there's an article about how the waste management department in Qatar have to provide extra container space for the leftovers from Iftar buffets. I thought to myself 'If Ramadan is supposed to be about thinking about your own consumption, and helping the poor, and trying to live a better life through self-reflection, not material things, then how is it that these buffets are being constructed which have a heap of wasted food?'
But, in thinking about the whole scenario, the same thing happens in the West around Christmas time. You see the column in the paper about families in need, and what they need, and such. Then you read about those who are providing turkey dinners to poorer families. Yet, just down the street, there was this huge expensive dinner which had leftovers which, according to food laws, had to be trashed.
Call me serious or nerdy, but things like this actually trouble me from time to time.
I figured out the best time to go out is between Iftar and 19.30 or so. You can get a parking space if you're driving, and you can get something to eat if you're eating out. Then you get out and go home early. Yesterday I saw 3 car mishaps and barely avoided one (young man in a SUV who decided he wanted to drive where I was presently located). Go out where you want to go, then if you want to go out more, go home and walk to City Centre.